This is an analysis of A Dream Of Oblivion by Clark Ashton Smith.

The day of time was darkening to its end:
The sun hung chill within the blackened noon,…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abacdbcacbccbdXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths: 19,
  • Metre: 01011100001 0111010101 0101011101 0101010101 0101010101 11001010101 11111111011 00101011101 011010001 01000100111 0101010111 0111011101 0101011101 1111010111 1011010111 011001111 1101110111 1100110111 1001010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 19

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the, a, and